The PRC Sub-Committee on the Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa (SEAF), at its 18th Extra-Ordinary Session, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 14 July 2011, approved a grant in the sum of US$300,000 to the people of Somalia affected by the worst drought in the Horn of Africa. The grant which is a symbol of solidarity with the people of Somalia will be used for the purchase of food and nonfood items to the affected population within Somalia and in the refugee camps in the neighboring countries.

Introduction
The Programmes proposed in this paper come in the context of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture development Programme (CAADP) which has been endorsed by the African Heads of State and Government as a framework for the restoration of agriculture growth, food security, and rural development in Africa.